Since our planet is broken beyond repair, how about we sell it on ebay as “slightly used”
There’s nothing i can do personally? Thats literally the problem.
People supporting businesses that ruin the environment is the problem. Sure its not our responsibility, the government needs to make changes but until then stop eating animal products, stop flying, driving car etc.
Vote with your wallet, thats the only thing they listen to.
I think corporations’ efforts to shift the view of responsibility from a collective goal to an individual one is one of the biggest problems we face. Individual action is almost never as impactful as collective action. While labor is told to take personal responsibility on individual issues, capital works collectively to consolidate power and amass more wealth. Individuals cannot shift that by themselves. “Vote with your wallet” will never lead to the substantial structural changes we desperately need.
I think corporations’ efforts to shift the view of responsibility from a collective goal to an individual one is one of the biggest problems we face.
Agreed
Individual action is almost never as impactful as collective action.
Here in Germany we have a saying:
Was kann einer dagegen ausrichten? Fragte sich die halbe Menschheit.
Which roughly translates to:
What can a single person change? Half the population asked themselves.
Controversial opinion: spend all of your time on activism and none on unilateral sacrifices that won’t lead to systemic change. You’ve only got so much time, money, willpower, etc.
The “carbon footprint” paradigm is designed to exhaust or discredit those who actually care, so that their political impact will be reduced. The moment one suggests that we fix this global prisoner’s dilemma, they’re labeled a hypocrite by people who don’t understand economics.
Systemic problems require systemic solutions. It’s not enough to ask billions of people to independently change their spending habits unfortunately.
My parents chose to try for kids during a time where global nuclear warfare was almost seen as a certainty.
There will always at all points in time be some doom scenario to worry about.
I mean, climate change is certainly happening. But i’d rather try and make a positive impact on things instead of feeling defeated. I’d rather go down fighting, with or without having kids.
Well, your parents were very horny. Thing is, the possibility of a nuclear war is now the same, if not even higher. And now we know that we fucked up our climate beyond repair. We know that our kids will live in a dystopian wasteland.
The prospect of making kids in this planet is surreal to me. I will not condemn my kids to life I’ve had. It will be better anywhere they are now, even if they don’t exist. I would also like to not exist, but that’s whole other matter.
Adopt
